60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Detective, Investigation, Adventure, Point & Click.
A short, experimental indie game where you figure out who you can trust while home alone. Point, click and chat as you investigate on your new computer in this puzzle mystery.
Linework
Linework is a story about a broken grieving detective set in 1990s Gui Dou, a town full of mysteries. Solve each murder with clues they left behind, and discover the truth behind your wife’s death
Unsolved Case: The Scarlet Hyacinth Collector's Edition
It's time to make your choice! A whole series of crimes happens right before your eyes: a murder in an alley, your boss getting shot, abductions in broad daylight, and so on… Can you deal with it all?
Linework is a story about a broken grieving detective set in 1990s Gui Dou, a town full of mysteries. Solve each murder with clues they left behind, and discover the truth behind your wife’s death
Why similar: Detective 19.1%, Investigation 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Mystery 11.2%, Logic 9.8%
It's time to make your choice! A whole series of crimes happens right before your eyes: a murder in an alley, your boss getting shot, abductions in broad daylight, and so on… Can you deal with it all?
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 19.4% ★, Investigation 13.1%, Detective 12.7%, Thriller 10%, Point & Click 9%
Solve a variety of perplexing cases in the sleuthing shoes of Detective Hindsight - who gets help from Phoebe: a young orphaned girl with dreams of being a storyteller and powers to look into the past. Uncover the truth with her sketches done in crayon. The catch? She can't draw very well.
Why similar: Detective 24.6%, Investigation 18.8%, Mystery 13.6%, Thriller 9.5%, Point & Click 9.1%
The life of a detective is unpredictable and very dangerous. You never know what awaits you around the next corner and what secrets you need to unravel. But you knew what you were getting into, there's no turning back!
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 18.4% ★, Detective 13.6%, Investigation 13.2%, Thriller 11%, Point & Click 9.4%
A sci-fi detective game where you interrogate the brain scans of crime victims. Uncover the hidden truth behind the dystopian regime by any means necessary.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Detective 16%, Point & Click 15.9%, Investigation 14.8%, Mystery 8.3%
A point-and-click adventure with innovative detective mechanics. Help Ollie, a fledgling reporter on his first day at the Signal & Echo newspaper, to solve the mystery behind a schoolgirl's disappearance. Developed by an ex-journalist.
Why similar: Detective 20.4%, Investigation 19.6%, Point & Click 15.3%, Mystery 11%, Logic 7.2%
A point-and-click mystery set in 1998. Explore the early Internet for clues, connect overlooked details, and uncover what really happened at Thornhill Academy. Come for the mystery, stay for the cozy New England private school vibes.
Why similar: Typing 18.6% ★, Detective 17.8%, Point & Click 14.1%, Mystery 9.8%, Interactive Fiction 8.7%
Explore different locations, talk to characters, collect evidence, and draw your own conclusions about who, how, and why is behind what happened.
Why similar: Detective 18.7%, Point & Click 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Mystery 11.2%, Puzzle 8%
Nothing brings people together as well as a common grief or crime! Can you bravely confront a criminal puppeteer with no legal defense?
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 22.6% ★, Detective 15.2%, Point & Click 12.4%, Thriller 9.2%, Choices Matter 8.3%
A gripping point-and-click adventure – inspired by the real treasure hunt on Oak Island in Nova Scotia, Canada. Unravel a web of murder, myth, and forgotten history. Some secrets are better left buried.
Why similar: Investigation 19.6%, Detective 16.7%, Point & Click 16.1%, Mystery 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 9%
Step into the shoes of Clementine "Cleo" Ace, an apprentice to her aunt, the world-renowned detective, Maya Lynch. From heists to murders, use your deduction skills to solve "howdunnit" cases that are too tough for the local police to crack and uncover a deeper mystery along the way!
Why similar: Detective 25.9%, Investigation 22.4%, Mystery 13.1%, Point & Click 12.6%, Logic 8.1%
Six witnesses, six suspects, and thousands of discoverable lines of dialog. You're the fantasy detective on the case of a stolen magical artifact, and in order to determine the truth you'll have to cross examine, interrogate, and reference all your resources to catch the thief before time runs out.
Why similar: Detective 21.9%, Investigation 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Mystery 12.3%, Point & Click 9.1%
Seven murders in motion by a killer calling himself the Messiah. Interrogate witnesses, spot contradictions in their testimonies, and build a criminal profile piece by piece in this detective thriller where every word is evidence.
Why similar: Detective 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Point & Click 12.4%, Thriller 10.6%, Investigation 8.8%
A darkness has fallen over the village of Drakehorn. People have gone missing in the night and have been seen walking into the woods and never returning. Find out what's causing these disappearances before time runs out.
Why similar: Experimental 15.7% ★, Investigation 15.4%, Detective 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Point & Click 10.8%
A college radio DJ has vanished, but the school says she withdrew. Search forum posts and confidential records to uncover the people behind anonymous handles. Piece together what happened to Starlingdive in a deduction mystery spanning three connected cases, from college radio to the music industry.
Why similar: Detective 24.9%, Investigation 17.6%, Point & Click 14%, Mystery 12.9%, Thriller 9.6%
A genealogical mystery straight out of 1998. Scour the early Internet for clues, uncover hidden connections, and piece together the family tree behind the secretive Roottree Corporation.
Why similar: Detective 26.5%, Investigation 17.9%, Mystery 15.2%, Point & Click 13.4%, Puzzle 8.7%
A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.
Why similar: Detective 17.8%, Investigation 17.1%, Mystery 11.4%, Thriller 11.2%, Point & Click 10.6%
Arthur thinks he’s a smart guy. He isn’t. Help him solve puzzles, investigate the town, and uncover the mystery of his friends disappearance in this quirky adventure game inspired by classic cartoons.
Why similar: Detective 17.5%, Investigation 16.8%, Thriller 12.7%, Mystery 11.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%
Memories are malleable and changing them will modify the present. Tackle mind-bending puzzles that rely on altering your own recollections to shape the future.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 24.5% ★, Detective 17.5%, Thriller 11.8%, Investigation 10.8%, Dialogue Heavy 10.8%
Embark on a journey through a maze of deceit and intrigue. Can you maintain your stellar reputation and put an end to these meticulously planned crimes?
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 22.8% ★, Detective 15.9%, Investigation 11.2%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Dark 8%
Investigate a series of murders at an abandoned school, examine evidence, connect clues, and reconstruct each crime. In this 2D psychological mystery adventure, every answer points to the dating sim heroine you trusted most—but is she truly the killer?
Why similar: Detective 22.5%, Investigation 20.9%, Mystery 15.7%, Thriller 10.2%, Point & Click 9%
Just in Crime is a detective video game in which you play a detective dog and a wizard cat. With a twist; you are able to travel back in time and examine the crime scene a few seconds before it happened.
Why similar: Detective 18.2%, Investigation 17.3%, Point & Click 12%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Mystery 10.7%
Become Aaron Drake and experience the thrill of the hunt as you interrogate suspects, spot contradictions, and corner killers across three murder cases — alongside a rookie partner who is trying her very best.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 20.7% ★, Detective 17.7%, Investigation 12.9%, Point & Click 10.5%, Mystery 10.4%
Murder Mystery Mayhem AI is a single-player detective game set in a stylish 1920s world of secrets, suspicion, and social intrigue. Talk freely to a colorful cast of cunning suspects, gather clues, uncover motives, and deduce who among them is the killer.
Why similar: Detective 17.7%, Investigation 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Point & Click 11.3%, Mystery 10.5%
A deductive investigation game with a faded pixel art aesthetic. Set in a dreamlike, mysterious environment, the player becomes a conductor, (re)organizing and (re)positioning objects, characters, and puzzles while recovering lost fragments of their memory.
Why similar: Detective 17.6%, Investigation 17%, Point & Click 11.7%, Mystery 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 8.3%
A desk investigation game set in a fictional 1970 communist state. Every morning, a new evidence bag arrives. Intercepted letters, coded messages, wiretap recordings. Somewhere in that paper trail is a network of names. Cross-reference. Decipher. Identify. Then decide what to do with what you know.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 20.4% ★, Detective 12.8%, Investigation 12%, Point & Click 10.6%, Mystery 9.2%
Eternal Threads is a single-player, first-person story-driven puzzle game of time manipulation, choice and consequence.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 22.1% ★, Detective 13.9%, Investigation 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%, Thriller 9.1%
Sound Agent is a narrative puzzle game where you solve cold cases by listening. Use the sound device to rewind to crime scenes, listen to the sounds at the scene, and uncover truths hidden in plain sound.
Why similar: Detective 21.8%, Thriller 17.4%, Mystery 14.5%, Dialogue Heavy 12.6%, Puzzle 9.1%
The night before the wedding, the altar burns down and the wedding planner is injured. The family blames a curse, but she suspects foul play. Play as a college student who goes undercover as her replacement. Can you solve the mystery before the wedding?
Why similar: Investigation 22.4%, Mystery 16.9%, Detective 15.9%, Puzzle 8.5%, Choices Matter 7.7%
A detective wakes up beside a corpse, and with no memories. The evidence points to him. Everyone thinks he’s the killer. Unravel the truth before time runs out in this hand-drawn detective mystery adventure set in 1990s Thailand, where every memory hides a lie.
Why similar: Detective 18.6%, Investigation 15.5%, Thriller 12.7%, Point & Click 11.7%, Mystery 10.7%
10 EPISODES. 8 HOURS+ OF GAMEPLAY. HUMOR, CHOICES, MULTIPLE ENDINGS. PROFILING, INTERROGATIONS AND INVESTIGATION. Play as a young FBI agent in New Orleans: search scenes, interrogate and profile suspects. Make choices that shape a branching story mixing offbeat humor with a gripping crime thriller.
Why similar: Detective 15.3%, Investigation 15%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Point & Click 10.8%, Thriller 10.5%
A psychological taxi horror game where every passenger may be dangerous. Drive through the night, question criminals, read their behavior, hack for clues, and survive each ride to save your kidnapped wife.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 20.2% ★, Investigation 14.3%, Detective 13.5%, Thriller 11.9%, Mystery 8.6%
Follow the trail of a mysterious amulet, expose deep-rooted corruption, and confront powerful adversaries who will stop at nothing to protect their secrets!
Why similar: Detective 19.2%, Point & Click 15%, Investigation 12.9%, Thriller 12.4%, Choices Matter 10.5%
Private Eye is a detective game where you play as Hakeem trying to solve the murder case of Amir. The wealthy heir Amir kept strange company, is one of them his murderer? Explore, investigate, solve puzzles, and find discrepancies to unravel his mysterious death.
Why similar: Detective 18.7%, Investigation 17.4%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Mystery 11.3%, Choices Matter 8.6%
Detective novelist MEL Gideon, whose career is facing difficulties, receives a strange letter claiming someone is in trouble and needs her help. Intrigued, she decides to investigate. As she digs deeper, she starts to realize that her past is far more complicated than she ever imagined...
Why similar: Detective 18.7%, Point & Click 15.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Mystery 12.1%, Investigation 10.6%
Investigate a replayable Hollywood murder mystery where everyone has something to hide. Question guests, uncover contradictions, and identify the killer before they escape justice.
Why similar: Detective 20.1%, Investigation 18.7%, Mystery 13.9%, Thriller 11.7%, Dialogue Heavy 9.7%
Locked inside a facility that erases memory, seven people must recover what they've forgotten to earn their freedom. Explore escape-room puzzles, piece together broken relationships, and uncover the truth behind the sins none of them remember committing in this branching path visual novel.
Why similar: Detective 14.9%, Point & Click 14.2%, Mystery 13.1%, Investigation 12.8%, Multiple Endings 10.4%
Step into the role of a judge and decide the fate of every case. Listen to witnesses, examine evidence, uncover contradictions, and deliver verdicts that will change lives. Every decision matters in this tense courtroom simulation full of twists.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 21.8% ★, Detective 19.8%, Investigation 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Mystery 11.6%
"Your job is to write the death certificate." In 1959, a mysterious death awaits inside a grand British manor. Investigate eerie scenes and complete forensic documents, including death certificates and emergency reports. Stylish 1960s detective comic art. Perfect for fans of vintage whodunits.
Why similar: Detective 15.9%, Investigation 15.4%, Thriller 12.1%, Point & Click 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%
A mystery game where you investigate a murder by searching the crime scene and interrogating AI-powered NPCs with unique personas.
Why similar: Detective 19%, Investigation 15.7%, Mystery 12.8%, Dialogue Heavy 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%
Investigate the country of Vera Cruz in this journalistic first-person adventure! Solve puzzles, take photos of clues and report news exposing the horrific truths behind General Galba and his bizarre government!
Why similar: Detective 20.8%, Investigation 18.1%, Mystery 11%, Point & Click 10.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%
You found a new opportunity to save your daughter. The authorities who learned about your situation gave you a job opportunity. You have to be successful in this job, which is your last chance, and save up for your daughter's surgery. Remember, you only have 30 days.
Why similar: Detective 19.1%, Investigation 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Logic 10.1%
An audio deduction game where you have one task: restore a series of lost podcast episodes.
Why similar: Detective 31%, Investigation 26.1%, Point & Click 15.8%, Mystery 15.2%, Puzzle 7.1%
A noir detective game played at your desk. Read evidence photos, CCTV footage and records, compare fingerprints and voices, and fill in the suspect matrix yourself before you accuse anyone. Juggle action points, fees and deadlines across eight cases as a criminal organization closes in.
Why similar: Detective 23.4%, Investigation 20.6%, Point & Click 12.4%, Mystery 12.2%, Thriller 8.2%
A narrative detective game about solving mysteries through investigation, evidence, and conversation. Question suspects in your own words, photograph clues, and piece together the truth in a town full of secrets. Who is lying, and what are they hiding?
Why similar: Detective 20.7%, Investigation 18.5%, Dynamic Narration 17.7% ★, Dialogue Heavy 12.1%, Mystery 12%
Trials of Innocence is an indie courtroom detective game. Step into the shoes of the main character, rookie lawyer Luna Ray, and navigate her journey through the legal world. Unravel a shocking conspiracy that changes the fate of many, including herself, and confront her inner choices.
Why similar: Detective 19.2%, Investigation 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Mystery 10.2%, Point & Click 9.8%
A psychological horror experience where you reshape reality with graffiti. As an artist who has lost their memory, paint the walls, open hidden passages, and escape the dark labyrinth of your mind.
Why similar: Investigation 18.8%, Detective 18.3%, Thriller 14.6%, Mystery 11.6%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
We Are Not Alone is a new twist on horror that combines first person exploration and third person point and click adventure. As a member of a "safe" isolation experiment you'll explore an underground facility, solve puzzles and uncover the mystery of an unknown creature. Just don't make eye contact.
Why similar: Point & Click 13.7%, Investigation 13.4%, Thriller 12.9%, Dark 10.6%, Mystery 10.6%
Join the Spooky Crew and uncover the secret of the Mask of the Mysterium in this point and click adventure game. An encounter with a masked figure leads the crew to investigate the secrets of a local museum.
Why similar: Investigation 15.7%, Detective 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Point & Click 12.6%, Dialogue Heavy 10.7%
Christmas lights, winter snow, and a serial killer on the loose. Follow a gifted detective through a twisted holiday night in this story-driven, interactive horror game. Your choices determine who lives, and who dies. Can you outsmart the killer?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Detective 16.8%, Investigation 14.9%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Multiple Endings 12.6%
Detective Trent is a narrative-driven mystery game inspired by Trent’s Last Case. Investigate crime scenes, interrogate suspects, and uncover the truth through evidence and dialogue. Your reasoning shapes the case, leading to multiple outcomes and endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Detective 16%, Investigation 15.1%, Dynamic Narration 15% ★, Logic 8.5%
Emma Riley: Dream Detective is a detective game where you must unravel an occult conspiracy spanning the real and dream worlds. Use keen observation to gather clues, carefully interrogate suspects for information, and use your logic and deduction skills to unravel the mystery!
Why similar: Detective 23.3%, Investigation 22.3%, Mystery 13.8%, Point & Click 12.4%, Choices Matter 7.9%
Can you solve a murder with only your wits, cocktail shaker, and silver tongue? Last Night Last Call is a narrative detective game where you mix cocktails, interrogate suspects, gather clues, and shape relationships to solve five murders. Every customer has something to hide.
Why similar: Detective 16.7%, Investigation 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Point & Click 10.1%, Dialogue Heavy 10%
Experience a gripping psychological thriller filled with innumerable twists and turns. The hunt is on for a murderer known only as the Origami Killer. Four characters, each following their own leads, must take part in a desperate attempt to prevent the killer from claiming a new victim.
Why similar: Choices Matter 15.4%, Detective 15.2%, Multiple Endings 14.5%, Dynamic Narration 14.4% ★, Investigation 11.5%
An absurdist mystery for only the most hard-boiled interim junior detectives.
Why similar: Detective 20.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Point & Click 12.2%, Mystery 11.6%, Dialogue Heavy 9.2%
As a young private investigator trainee in 2006, you dive into the early internet - social profiles, websites, photos, and archived news - to uncover the truth behind Emily Parker’s death, ruled as an accident after a late-night gathering
Why similar: Detective 25%, Investigation 19.3%, Mystery 13.8%, Point & Click 12.8%, Logic 9.1%
Killer Night is a psychological survival thriller where a group of death row inmates face extreme trials in an isolated mansion to gain freedom. Among them lies a ruthless killer. Will you be able to discover the killer's identity before it's too late?
Why similar: Point & Click 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Dynamic Narration 14.9% ★, Investigation 12.4%, Thriller 9.9%
A new-gen detective adventure combining deduction gameplay with a gripping story full of twists and turns. Gather clues, establish connections, and solve a series of increasingly challenging cases. Will you uncover the feud that began at the end of the world?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19%, Point & Click 17%, Detective 15%, Investigation 11.8%, Puzzle 7.8%
Searchbar Detective is a 2D Mystery Game set in a virtual world in which you use your searchbar to solve crimes and uncover conspiracies.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 26.2% ★, Detective 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Choices Matter 9.1%, Logic 8.2%
Rumor Reporter is a Golden Age whodunit mystery. Play as senior reporter Veronica Chase as you explore Greyhaven Island in the Celtic Sea, 1920s. Choose where to investigate, who to question, and what to publish. Your report shapes public opinion, drives arrests, and changes the island’s future.
Why similar: Detective 22.2%, Investigation 20.1%, Mystery 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Multiple Endings 10.5%
